Hieronymus, De viris illustribus, [Augsburg, c. 1473], later calf

Property from the Loverdos collection

Hieronymus

De viris illustribus. Gennadius Massiliensis: De scriptoribys ecclesiasticis. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer, after 5 June 1473]

Chancery folio (257 x 178mm.), 37 leaves, [a-c¹⁰ d⁶⁺¹], gothic type, initials and paraphs supplied in red, modern leather blind-tooled in period style

A compilation of 135 biographies of Christian writers, concluding with Jerome himself, thereby providing us with biographical information about him and his writings.

This was the first of a group of similar tracts issued by Zainer at around this time, for which he also issued a printed list of contents.

LITERATURE

ISTC ih00192000

PROVENANCE

"Dupl", erased pencil note at head of first leaf (a duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich?)